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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Control individual bend regions</div>
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                  <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('nx_sheet_metal/bend_regions_howto.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">You can control the geometry of individual bend regions. You can change bend angle, bend radius, and the neutral factor of a given bend. There is a separate command for each type of change, and the modifications appear as separate entities in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>, as shown below:
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                  <p class="para_td"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/partnav_mod_history.gif" border="0">Model History<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/partnav_csys.gif" border="0">Datum Coordinate System (0)<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/partnavtab.gif" border="0">SB Tab (1)<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/part_nav_cflange.gif" border="0">SB Secondary Contour Flange (2)<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/part_nav_bend_angle.gif" border="0">SB ResizeBendAngle (3)<br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/part_nav_bend_radius.gif" border="0">SB ResizeBendRadius (4)
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">There is a separate command for each type of change. These capabilities let you change individual bends in features such as contour flanges and jogs that create multiple bend regions. Also, when you bring in parts with the <b class="uiTerm">Convert to Sheet Metal</b> command, you can modify individual bend regions to suit the demands of the part. You no longer need to go back to Modeling, revise the part, and reconvert it.
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      <p class="para_topic">For manufacturing, you can visualize parts with bends in interim states, showing, for example, a 90-degree flange first at 45 degrees and then rebent to the full 90 degrees. Since these features are in timestamp order, you can hide and show the direct edit features to display the model in various states of forming.</p>
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